#E68540#E68540

#E68540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.145 H 53.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E68540
RGB	rgb(230, 133, 64)
HSL	hsl(25, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(25, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.2%, 72.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, 31.80, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 60.78, 58.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% 0.0866 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.145 53.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.9497, 33.9727, 9.1977)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E68540 #40A1E6

analogous

#E6404E #E68540 #E6D840

triadic

#E68540 #40E685 #8540E6

tetradic

#E68540 #4EE640 #40A1E6 #D840E6

square

#E68540 #4EE640 #40A1E6 #D840E6

split-complementary

#E68540 #40E6D8 #404EE6

monochromatic

#984B14 #CE651B #E68540 #EDA876 #F4CAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#E68540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#E68540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E68540

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E68540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E68540	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB7176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e68540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 133, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.145 53.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4a978',
    500: '#e68540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e68540;
$custom-light: #f4a978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e68540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.94,
    "s": 76.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70957,
    "c": 0.14474,
    "h": 53.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E68540

secondary

#9FC7E2

accent

#A4F334

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E68540

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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